Example sentences of "it would [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would pay for time on military computers and research on alternative energy sources and methods of cleaning polluted soil and water . |
| 2 | Dinah had brought a valise with her which contained her stage make-up ; it would pass for luggage . |
| 3 | It would do for excitement , since Edmund could not be there … . |
| 4 | it would do for caravan and erm at home you know |
| 5 | Sparc International on the Novell Inc acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc : ‘ There is a large amount of information that is unclear regarding the impact of this purchase — initially , we anticipate that there will be more Novell NetWare content in Unix … potentially , having Novell run Unix as a ‘ business ’ would be beneficial to the Unix community , because it would drive for unification around a central Unix implementation . ’ |
| 6 | Caradon shares closed 45p higher at 533p while MB Group , whose shares fell 8p on Monday amid speculation that it would bid for Caradon , recovered to close 2p higher at 208p . |
| 7 | We posted our letters , and immediately started calculating how long it would take for replies to reach us . |
| 8 | If this was what it would take for Thomas to believe , then even this was possible . |
| 9 | Each corporation would tend to attract to itself a ‘ clientele ’ consisting of those preferring its particular payout ratio , but one clientele would be as good as another in terms of the valuation it would imply for firms . |
| 10 | Leakey could not say what penalties it would introduce for offenders . |
| 11 | Powered by a 24-valve version of the 164 's three-litre V6 and driven at all four corners via a thinking electronic centre coupling , it 's a car that Alfa says it would sell for £75,000 . |
| 12 | I said , it would run for years . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd read about this technique in my books , but it was only when I did the course that I realised that , although it would work for sparrowhawks and most other hunting birds , Dawn 's hunting did not depend on speed . |